- Symphony No. 29 (Mozart)
The
Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201, was completed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart on 6 April 1774.cite book |title=Die Sinfonien III. |last=Mozart |first=Wolfgang Amadeus |authorlink= |coauthors=Giglberger, Veronika (preface), Robinson, J. Branford (transl.) |year=2005 |publisher=Bärenreiter-Verlag |location=Kassel |isbn= |pages=p. XIII |url= ISMN M-006-20466-3] It is, along with Symphony No. 25, one of his better known early symphonies.Stanley Sadie characterizes it as "a landmark ... personal in tone, indeed perhaps more individual in its combination of an intimate, chamber music style with a still fiery and impulsive manner." [Stanley Sadie, "The New Grove Mozart". New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 1983. ISBN 0-393-30084-6. Page 41.]Structure
The symphony follows classical form:
# "Allegro moderato"
# "Andante"
# "Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio"
# "Allegro con spirito"The first movement is in
sonata form , with a graceful principal theme characterized by an octave drop and ambitious horn passages. The second movement is scored for muted strings with limited use of the winds, and is also in sonata form. The third movement, a minuet, is characterized by nervous dotted rhythms and staccato phrases; the trio provides a more graceful contrast. The energetic last movement, another sonata-form movement in 6/8 time, connects back to the first movement with its octave drop in the main theme.References
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